Resources
There are many resources for families living in the Greater Madison area. This is not a complete list. Presence or absence from this list does not reflect a recommendation from the research team.
Please note: Some organizations provide more than one service.
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Services
24 Hour Help Line: 608-251-4445 or 1-800-747-4045
Website: https://abuseintervention.org/ - Dane County Child Support Agency
Phone Number: 608-266-4031
Website: www.danechildsupport.com - The Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR)
Phone Number: 608-243-5670
Website: https://gwaar.org/ - Unidos Against Domestic Violence
Phone Number: 608-256-9195
Website: Unavailable
*Spanish-speaking services
- Bridges for Families Birth to Three
Phone Number: 608-252-1320
Website: https://fsmad.org/index.php/services/birth-to-three-services/
**For families living in the Madison Metropolitan School District - Birth to 3 Connections
Phone Number: 608-273-3232
Website: https://ucpdane.org/our-programs/birth-to-3-connections/
**For families living outside of the Madison Metropolitan School District - Waisman Early Childhood Program
Phone Number: 608-263-5760
Website: https://wecp.waisman.wisc.edu/
- Office of Child Care and Family Resources with the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Phone Number: 608-242-7441
Website: https://occfr.wisc.edu/ - Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin
Phone Number: 608-237-1255
Website: https://www.cacscw.org/ - Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance with the Wisconsin Department of Children & Families
Phone Number: 608-216-7657
Website: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/refugee/CMA
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Southern Wisconsin
Phone Number: 608-223-9121
Website: https://www.secondharvestmadison.org/ - Feeding Wisconsin
Phone Number: 608-478-2882
Website: https://www.feedingwi.org/ - United Way of Dane County
Electronic Contact Form: https://unitedmadison.com/contact
Website: https://unitedmadison.com/hunger
- Rapid Rehousing with the YWCA Madison
Phone Number: 608-257-1436, option 2
Website: https://www.ywcamadison.org/what-were-doing/housing-shelter/rapid-rehousing/ - Emergency Rental Assistance with the Dane County Department of Human Services, partnered with Urban Triage
Phone Number: 608-299-4128, option 1
Website: https://www.urbantriage.org/
Website: https://dcdhs.com/Economic-Aid-Healthcare-Housing-and-Jobs/Housing-Access-and-Affordability/Emergency-Rental-Assistance/In-Person-Application-Assistance - Homeless Services Consortium of Dane County
Phone Number: 608-257-0006, extension 7
Website: https://www.danecountyhomeless.org/homelesspreventionservices - Movin’ Out: Housing Solutions for People with Disabilities
Phone Number: 608025104446
Website: https://www.movin-out.org/
- National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Phone Number: 988
Website: https://nami.org/Advocacy/Crisis-Intervention/988-Reimagining-Crisis-Response - Dane County 24-hour Crisis Line
Phone Number: 608-280-2600
Website: https://www.danecountyhumanservices.org/Behavioral-Health/Crisis-Intervention - NAMI Dane County
Phone Number: 608-249-7188
Website: https://www.namidanecounty.org/ - Comprehensive Community Services with RISE, partnered with Dane County Human Services
Phone Number: 608-242-6415
Website: https://risewisconsin.org/comprehensive-community-services/
- Specialty Care Free Clinic
Phone Number: 608-827-2308
Website: https://www.scfcwi.org/ - Access Community Health Centers
Phone Number: 608-443-5480
Website: https://accesscommunityhealthcenters.org/ - Wisconsin Free and Charitable Clinics
Electronic Contact Form: https://www.wafcclinics.org/contact-us.html
Website: https://www.wafcclinics.org/find-a-clinic.html
- YW Transit with YWCA Madison
Phone Number: 608-257-1436
Website: https://www.ywcamadison.org/what-were-doing/employment-transit/yw-transit/
Language, Literacy, and Learning Lab
Rebecca M. Alper, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
rebecca.alper@wisc.edu
rebecca.alper@waisman.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 890-2259
